Overview: progress is positive overall, with most non-wikipedia articles moving up, but also several others dropping off the search entirely, mostly due to competing articles on the same site.

One other winner is the term "google bomb", where Chris's MyDD post now shows up as link #6. :)

I'm been home with a wracking cough all week - no GOTV or calls for me - so I might as well go through the links to see where we are.  Data retrieved between 2:30PM and 4:00PM PST Saturday.

Over the flip for the data...

I'm cutting and pasting Lucas O'Conner's earlier diary and adding to it (thanks, Lucas!), analysis follows:

--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl was #6, now not in top 100

--AZ-01: Rick Renzi wiki was #3, still #3

--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth not in top 100, now #8

--CA-04: John Doolittle wiki was #2, still #2

--CA-11: Richard Pombo wiki was #3, still #3

--CA-50: Brian Bilbray was not in top 100, now #14

--CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave was not in top 100, now #8

--CO-05: Doug Lamborn was not in top 100, now #25

--CO-07: Rick O'Donnell not in top 100, still not in top 100 (2 other links from rockymountainnews.com are ranked higher)

--CT-04: Christopher Shays was not in top 100, now #8

--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan was not in top 100, now #4 (!)

--FL-16: Joe Negron was #4, now #3

--FL-22: Clay Shaw was #11, now not in top 100

--ID-01: Bill Sali was not in top 100, still not in top 100 but link #3 is "Daily Kos: Idaho GOP picks Nutjob for House seat - Meet Bill Sali"

--IL-06: Peter Roskam is broken- page not found, still broken

--IL-10: Mark Kirk was not in top 100, still not (2 other links to cbs2 already in top 100)

--IL-14: Dennis Hastert was #16, now #6 (see below for more about Hastert)

--IN-02: Chris Chocola was #78, now #63

--IN-08: John Hostettler was #5, now #7

--IA-01: Mike Whalen was #26, now #27

--KS-02: Jim Ryun was #7, now #6

--KY-03: Anne Northup is was not in top 100, now #6

--KY-04: Geoff Davis was #7, now #22

--MD-Sen: Michael Steele was not in top 100, now #6

--MN-01: Gil Gutknecht was not top 100, still not in top 100

--MN-06: Michele Bachmann was #7, now #6 (though under different link)

--MO-Sen: Jim Talent was #85, now #78 (and MyDD tag is #6)

--MT-Sen: Conrad Burns was #28, now not in top 100 (2 other links to billingsgazette in top 100)

--NV-03: Jon Porter was #5, now not in top 100 (2 other links to lasvegassun.com)

--NH-02: Charlie Bass was #15, now #12

--NJ-07: Mike Ferguson was #28 with different url, now #24

--NM-01: Heather Wilson was not in top 100, now #8

--NY-03: Peter King was #65 with different url, now not in top 100

--NY-20: John Sweeney was not in top 100, still not (2 other links to timesunion.com)

--NY-26: Tom Reynolds was #59 with slightly different url, now #7

--NY-29: Randy Kuhl wiki was #2, is still #2

--NC-08: Robin Hayes was #96, now #11

--NC-11: Charles Taylor is not in top 100, still not as hidden behind disambiguation issues at Wiki

--OH-01: Steve Chabot is not in top 100, still not

--OH-02: Jean Schmidt was #64, now #18

--OH-15: Deborah Pryce was #5, now not in top 100

--OH-18: Joy Padgett was not in top 100, now #5

--PA-04: Melissa Hart was #11, now not in top 100

--PA-07: Curt Weldon was not in top 100, still not

--PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick was not in top 100, now #5

--PA-10: Don Sherwood was #6, now #3

--RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee was not in top 100, still not (2 other links to washingtonpost in top 100)

--TN-Sen: Bob Corker was broken- registration, now works but not in top 100 (2 other links to knoxnews.com in top 100)

--VA-Sen: George Allen was #6, still #6

--VA-10: Frank Wolf was #32, still #32

--WA-Sen: Mike McGavick was not in top 100, still not (2 other links to seattlepi.nwsource.com in top 100)

--WA-08: Dave Reichert was not in top 100, still not (2 other links to seattlepi.nwsource.com in top 100)

A good strategy for next time would be to highlight respectable, though lesser known sites, as the google bomb seems to have the strongest effect on these pages, though sometimes the desired result is no longer in the top 2 links to the site.

Well known sites aren't seeing as much movement, with wikipedia links having seemingly zero effect.

Also, there's oddness in the Google indexing updates, where articles completely drop off the list when moving to a new position.  I've tried the Dennis Hastert link many times, and it has been all over the place: #16 in Lucas' diary, then off the chart, then #49, off the chart, #8, now off the chart again.  And while writing the summary, I checked again and it's now #6, so I updated my list from "not in top 100" to #6.  Clearly, there's motion happening, and we're seeing artifacts of Google's indexing scheme. Update: Hastert's link is broken, might be adding to the weirdness

Keep up the GOTV, folks!  As for me, I think it's time for some more hot tea.  <hack, hack>